Program field guide · 2026

Mountain West · New Mexico

New Mexico

Lobos

New Mexico’s New Mexico-developed core fell from 23 to 11 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 23 of 130 roster spots were filled by New Mexico players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 11 of 112 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 24.

In 2016 the median player grew up 650 mi from campus. Now it is 672 mi.

Of the 24 players who came from another college, 1 is from New Mexico. Those home-state players make up 4% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2515.9%22.8%2.3%16.4%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core15.9%22.8%
Transfer stock2.3%16.4%

The roster, at a glance

  • 707 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 107 located players.
  • 10.8%In-state10.8% of the roster is from New Mexico.
  • 9.3%Backyard9.3% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.4%Detected transfers21.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where New Mexico ranks

Most In-State#12510.8%Most Transfers#8521.4%Closest to Home#117707 miFarthest From Home#22707 miBiggest Localism Shift#11110.8%Most Backyard Players#1179.3%Fewest Transfers#5421.4%Biggest Transfer Shift#8021.4%

Homecoming Radius over time

The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.

0200400600FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

Roster composition over time

Where the in-state lens draws the line: local-developed, local transfer, outsider developed, outsider transfer, and unknown. This chart begins where stable athlete IDs make transfer detection possible; the radius chart above carries the official-archive geography farther back.

Local-developedOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do New Mexico's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611210.8%21.4%672 mi
202510912.4%22.9%683 mi
202411122.4%30.6%624 mi
202311728.9%13.7%617 mi
202211931.6%5.9%625 mi
202111026.0%9.1%627 mi
202011723.0%5.1%653 mi
201910816.7%5.6%657 mi
201813014.1%4.6%665 mi
201712916.3%0.8%659 mi
201613017.8%1.5%650 mi
201511819.5%1.7%620 mi
201411726.7%0.0%599 mi
201311530.7%0.0%586 mi
201210331.4%1.0%595 mi
20119431.9%1.1%669 mi
20109423.4%1.1%645 mi
200910229.4%0.0%611 mi

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 672 mi

(This slider is for exploring — leaderboards use the fixed lenses.)

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